Tsunami alert in Solomons

**david44** · 09-12-2016, 01:29 AM

Tsunami warning: Solomons 7.7 quake prompts alert

Tsunami warning: Solomons 7.7 quake prompts alert - BBC News

A warning of "widespread, hazardous" tsunami waves has been issued after a huge earthquake off the Solomon Islands.
Parts of the coasts of the Solomons, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, New Caledonia, Tuvalu and Kosrae could be affected within hours, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says.
The earthquake, assessed as being of 7.7 magnitude, occurred about 70km (43 miles) off the Solomons.

**wasabi** · 09-12-2016, 03:16 PM

Trinidad also had an earthquake this week.

**cyrille** · 09-12-2016, 03:44 PM

And Aceh.

Perhaps not the year to be spending Christmas on the andaman coast.

**Maanaam** · 09-12-2016, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by david44

Tuvalu

A tsunami would wipe out the entire country. They're already just about driven away by rising sea. It's a very low group of atolls.

NZ, Indo, Solomons, all within a week or two. The ring of fire is grumbling.

**wasabi** · 09-12-2016, 10:56 PM

Small ones before another Boxing Day biggie.

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